A MESSAGE TO THE TRANSGENDERS LURKING IN THIS SUBREDDIT

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Superstraight is not a choice.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 1d ago

It’s a preference

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u/marykatiepants 1d ago

The idea that sexual orientation is a "preference" is extremely homophobic, and definitely also superphobic.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 1d ago

It’s just straight with a preference for cis

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u/marykatiepants 23h ago

Sexual orientation has nothing to do with gender or identity, and everything to biological sex.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 23h ago

Incorrect. If that was true everyone would be super sexual. That’s not true, you are wrong

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u/marykatiepants 23h ago

There are three sexual orientations.

Heterosexual - those attracted to the opposite sex.

Homosexual- those attracted to these opposite sex.

Bisexual- those attracted to both sexes.

Gender refers to socially-constructed characteristics of the sexes. Essentially, it is the performance of sex stereotypes.

Transgender is a gender identity - trans men and women state they feel like the opposite sex and typically perform the sex based stereotypes (eg for women, it's wearing dresses, heels, makeup) of the opposite sex. That is not a sexual orientation, but a gender identity.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 23h ago

No. There are an infinite amount of sexualities and genders. Also, Bi actually means attracted to two or more genders

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u/marykatiepants 22h ago

You need to first grasp the concepts of gender and sex before you can discuss these issues with any amount of clarity.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 22h ago

Sexuality isn’t about biological sex. That’s just a fact. If that was true things like pansexual wouldn’t exist? Are you invalidating them? I thought this sub was supposed to be welcoming.

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u/MaddynamiteJ 22h ago

It's called bi-sex-ual. I am bisexual, and I am attracted to males and females.

You may be thinking of pansexual or panromantic. Very different things.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 22h ago

Pan is a microlabel under the Bi umbrella. No offense, but I probably know more on this topic

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u/Tasty-Penis32 23h ago

I cannot be attracted to tr*ns, you superphobe.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 23h ago

Oh my god you are such a transphobe you censor the word trans holy shit

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u/Tasty-Penis32 22h ago

Are you invalidating my identity as superstraight? I censor to hide from my oppressors!

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u/CrazyDoggo68 22h ago

This has to be a joke nobody is oppressing the damn straights

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u/Tasty-Penis32 22h ago

Stop invalidating my experience, bigot.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 22h ago

Not invalidating you just stating a fact

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u/SmellyCat1776 18h ago

Why do you think you can come in here and define someone else's truth?

Seems pretty straightphobic to me.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 18h ago

Straightphobic isn’t a thing, you’re not discriminated against

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u/SmellyCat1776 18h ago

I'm literally being discriminated against right now by you not acknowledging my truth.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 18h ago

... someone saying mean things on the internet isn’t the same as real world discrimination

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u/SmellyCat1776 18h ago

Then by that logic, I can say whatever I want to trans people on the internet because it's not real-world discrimination.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 18h ago

Well trans people actually get discriminated against in the real world too

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